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JAMES KEEL, OF LEARY, GEORGIA.

LACE-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed September 2'7, 1907. Serial No. 394,839.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs KEEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leary, in the county of Calhoun and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lace-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lace cabinets, the object being to provide a cabinet with a plurality of compartments provided with guidemembers for holding the boards of lace in a vertical position so as to prevent the same from becoming shop-worn and dirty by coming into contact with each other, as is the case with lace cabinets now in use.

Another object of my invention is to provide the compartments with wire net bottoms, so that dust and dirt will drop through the same, thereby preventing the dust from accumulating on the bottom of the tray and coming into contact with the lace on the boards.

Another object of my invention is to provide a cabinet with very novel guide-inembers for holding the lace boards in a vertical position, so that they can be readily taken out or put in place.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specificationt-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cabinet showing the laceboards arranged therein, some of which are provided with lace. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the cabinet. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the drawers of the cabinet, detached. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the cabinet, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the cabinet, showing the modified form of guide-members arranged therein.

In the drawings A indicates a cabinet which is substantially rectangular in shape, having forwardly inclined sides which are formed double and are provided with drawer openings A adjacent their rear ends, which are provided with inclined top-walls, in which are arranged drawers B which are provided with forwardly inclined sides, corresponding with the openings, one of these drawers being arranged in each side. A transverse partition A is arranged in the cabinet forming a guide for the drawers and" a support for the tray C which is provided with spaced partitions 0 provided with guide-members D on their side, the upper ends of which are pointed and are provided with vertical grooves, in which are arranged partitions E, the sides of the tray being also provided with guide-members having vertical grooves, in which the partitions are secured. The tray is provided with downwardly projecting forward ends C which rests on the bottom of the cabinet and support the tray. The tray is provided with a bottom of wire-netting F, so as to allow dust and dirt to drop through the same and it will be seen that when the lace-boards which are shown at G are arranged between the guide-memb ers, they may beheld up above the netting so as to prevent the lace on the same from becoming soiled. The drawers B are also provided with a tray H having spaced guide-members I arranged on their inner sides which are pointed at their upper ends, and provided with vertical grooves in which partitions J are arranged, the bottom oi the tray being covered with a wire netting K which allows the dust and dirt to drop into the bottom of the drawers.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a cabinet L provided with a tray M having spaced pointed guide-n1embers N arranged on its side for supporting the lace-boards, and it will be seen that these members are not provided with vertical grooves for holding the partition.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a cabinet which is very simple and cheap in construction, and one which will hold a large number of laceboards in a vertical position out of contact with each other, and one which is provided with drawers in its side provided with singu lar guide-members for supportinglace-boards, these drawers being especially adapted for holding more expensive lace. It will also be noted that the partitions are provided with notches in their upper edges so that the laceboards can be readily grasped by the fingers when it is desired to remove the same.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A lace cabinet provided with a removable tray having longitudinal partitions, pointed guide-members secured on the sides of the partition and on the inner sides of the tray, said members being provided with vertical grooves, in which are arranged by the tray and drawers provided with notched partitions, for the purpose set forth. vertical grooves having notched partitions l0 gdThethcombination Ytzithkii, cabfindet 'prosecured therein, for the purpose described.

v1 e W1 openlngs 1n 1 s 51 es, 0 rawers arranged in said openings provided With JAMES KEEL' perforated bottoms, a tray arranged in Witnesses:

said cabinet provided With a perforated O. B. MORRIS,

bottom, and pointed guide-members carried I S. L. DIsMUKE. 

